Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an impact assessment was carried out before contributions-based employment and support allowance claims were time limited.

The impact assessment for time limiting contributions-based employment and support allowance can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/175000/esa-time-limit-wr2011-ia-revised-apr2011.pdf.pdf